From: Philip Oakley Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2022 15:28:27 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] symbolic-ref: teach "--[no-]recurse" option Message-ID: <0d7707ba-5cfb-35a6-441f-06bf80053a72@iee.email> In-Reply-To: <86355292-cb54-32c8-abf5-542fb4cf9ade@iee.email> spelling correction On 08/10/2022 13:28, Philip Oakley wrote: > The existence of the `maint-xx` branches, and where they came from, was > something that eluded me for a long time. > > The descriptions give the impression there is just a single main branch, s/main/`maint`/  > with a singular name, and that was the end of it. It was only much later > when some security patches were pushed down to numerous older `maint-xx` > branches. The use of the singular `maint` is also used in examples a > number of places further cementing the singular maintenance view. > > A few words clarifying the `maint` vs `maint-x.yy` branches could help > users past the confusion.